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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, July 20, 1950
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Our Population Increases
Census figures on Morrow county recently re
leased show there has been a small increase in
population since the 19-10 count. The county in
crease has been 9.26 per cent while Heppner has
experienced approximately a 42 percent increase.
The other four towns of the county have shown
some growth and the three older centers in the
Willow Creek valley have in a large measure
increased at the expense of the surrounding rural
districts. Thus, while there has been a housing
shortage for a number of years it has not signi
fied a big increase in population in the county as
a whole. On the other hand, it has been a mat
ter of maladjustment, with people leaving ru
ral homes and moving to town where there was
insufficient housing to absorb them.
Home building has been quite brisk the past
year or two and the pressure for housing has been
relieved to a certain extent. Just how far this
building program will be permitted to continue '
in the light of current world uneasiness remains
to be seen. The tendency locally is to go ahead
and build so long as materials can be obtained
and more than likely nothing short of an allout
war will stop the movement.
If We Get Into Another War
If the Korean situation is in reality the begin
ning of the third world war there will be a lot
of regulations for Mr. John Citizen to abide by
but we hope the paper generals will not force us
to undergo some of the experiences of World
War II.
Surely something better than the OPA can be
devised. Or if we must have an OPA some of the
inequalities of distribution should be eliminated
and if we just have to have departmental heads
they should not be stuck back in Washington
where the average political appointee does not
know that lambing can not be put off until more
favorable weather prevails.
We think the biggest gripe hanging over from
the second global imbroglio comes from the male
portion of the population. No doubt the regulation
contributed billions towards promotion of the war
effort, but if the next war must be won at the ex
pense of men's shirt tails we hope the President
will at least have the good grace to appoint a
man to the job of official shirttail trimmer.
"Control For The Love Of Control"
How does socialism come to a country? A viv.
id and historically accurate answer to that ques
tion has been supplied by Dr. Franklyn Bliss
Snyder, President Emeritus of Northwestern Uni
versity. "Socialism lays its chilling hand on a nation
the way old age overtakes us human beings,"
he said. "No nation, so far as I know, ever said,
'Go to it; after next Thursday we will all be so
cialists.' No, the affliction comes gradually, and
usually without discomfort in its early stages.
But the ultimate result is unhappiness, national
destitution, and slavery. The only way to fend it
off is to be alert to the symptoms, and take pro
per measures to eliminate them. In this way so
cialism can be kept at bay, for though old age is
inevitable, socialism is not . . . ,
"Anthony Eden put the case against Socialism
well when he said last summer, The Socialist
party is far too much given to control for the love
of control ... In restricting liberty in small mat
ters they are playing into the hands of those who
would suppress liberty in the greater-things of
life. The more we are conditioned to control, the
weaker becomes that sense of personal respon
sibility that in the past has been our strength as
a nation."
"Control for the love of control" is a charac
teristic of all the isms socialism, communism,
nazism, or what have you. The appetites of
those who seek ever-increasing power over others
is insatiable. The ileads of sincere man are per
verted to the use of the tyrant. Classical socialism
stands for the maintenance of individual liberty
yet never in history has that been possible as
a practical matter, as weary England has demon
strated. We must nip socialism in the bud or it
will engulf us."
The accident which claimed the life of Hubert
Mahon was shocking and the sympathy of the
comumnity goes out to the bereaved family.
Such occurences serve to warn us that death is
lurking in the shadows and in the case of haz
ardous occupation we should ever be on the alert.
"Could anything be more stupid than capital
ism subsidizing socialism to prevent commu
nism?" Clarence Larkin.
The oAmerican Way
By George Peck
In the final paragraph of a
recent column discussing the in
vasion of Government into the
power manufacturing and dis
tributing business, I said this:
"If no project is plotted for
your particular vicinity, serve
notice on your Legislators that
you have a great aversion to be
ing forced .to pay part of the cost
of furnishing 'juice' to citizens
in other parts of the nation."
From a reader out on the Pa
cific coast comes a letter in
quiring as to just what I meant
by that statement. As the same
question may be in the minds
of other readers, I have chosen
to answer the inquiry via my
column. Here goes:
The Tennessee Valley Author
ity is one of the largest power
developments so far completed
by our federal government. The
socialistic planners point with
grea pride to this project; in
fact, glibly cite it as a glowing
example to prove that the federal
government is able to furnish
power and light to consumers at
lower rates than privately own
ed companies. What hokum!
As the late Al Smith was wont
to say, "Let's look at the record."
So, let's you and I turn to the
1949 Annual Record of TVA.
We find that it operated in 1949
at a net loss of $7,0-12.000. That
loss was paid by tax payers in
every state of the Union, only a
small part by tax payers served
by the TVA. In other words, both
my Pacific coast reader friend
and I paid part of the cost of
furnishing "juice" to consumers
in the Tennessee Valley.
Now, I have nothing against
the good citizens in the Tennes
see Valley who are served by
TVA. They are nice people, but
much as I admire and esteem
them, I do object. to paying part
of their electric light bills. There
is no more valid reason for my
paying part of their electric light
bills than their paying part of
my rent, food or laundry bills.
Since it was . begun in 1933,
the American tax payers have
invested about $800,000,000 in
TVA. It has consistently failed
to earn its interest charges on
the money borrowed from the
national treasury; even at the
low government rates. If a pri
vately owned company operated
on such a basis it would soon be
bankrupt. The TVA manages to
stay in business only because it
passes the loss on to you and me
and the other tax payers.
So, this claim of cheapness
of public power rates turns out
to be a myth from a national
standpoint. The taxpayer at
large is called upon to shoulder
the taxes that the public power
agencies escape paying, as well
as to provide cheap or free capi
tal to them. While certain areas
which are beneficiaries of federal
power programs enjoy lower el
ectric rates, they do so at the ex
pense of taxpayers of the country
as a whole. What one citizen
saves on his electric rate, anoth
er citizen makes up in taxes.
But, here is the worst feature
of this Government invasion into
the power and light business. In
1949, while TVA was taking
$7,042,00 out of Uncle Sam's
treasury to meet its deficit, the
privately owned power compan
ies paid in taxes into that same
treasury the tidy sum of approx
imately $451,000,000.
From this, it is apparent that
we get "nicked" twice when the
government steps out of line and
goes into business. We taxpayers
have to dig down to meet the
deficits incurred; and no longer
is there tax revenue from the
privately owned companies that
are squeezed out by government.
And so I repeat: If federal gov.
ernment is "cooking up" a po
wer project for your section of
the country, let your congress
men and senators know that you
prefer to buy your "juice" from
a privately owned company; if
no project is plotted for your
particular vicinity, serve notice
on them that you have a great
aversion to being forced to pay
part of the cost of furnishing
"juice" to consumers in other
parts of the nation.
There is no valid reason for
the government to enter the util
ity business. The privately own
ed companies are doing a mag
nificent job. Why then all this
maneuvering to have the govern-
,iicnln-.n thnm? That is not
even a $t4 question; the answer
is so simple, ine socinin.
planners believe that govern
ment chniild run evervthing
schools, medicine, building, steel
mills, railroads, even us, in piain
lanpuaew thev would force us
into state socialism.
Transferring the ownership of
the utilities to government is the
entering wedge, a major step on
the way toward complete social
ization of our economy.
HEPPNER
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"RUMOR'S MIGHTY HOUR"
30 Years Ago
Heppner has a population of
1324, according to figures given
out by the federal census bureau
recently, an increase of ' 50 per
cent in a decade. lone nearly
doubled in population, now hav
ing 439 as against 239 in 1910.
Lexington gained better than 42
percent from 185 to 264. Morrow
county in 1910 showed a popu
lation of 4359. Now the popula
tion is 5617 according to Friday's
release.
Dwight L. Misner of lone has
the distinction of bringing the
first sack of threshed wheat for
this year. The wheat is of excel
lent quality and high test.
Gasoline is up 5 cents and
kerosene went gas one better,
being quoted at a six cent in
crease.
Congratulations are extended
to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Springer
of Cecil on the birth of a dau
ghter July 12.
A bent fender or two was
about all the damage resulting
to Fred Lucas' big car when it
went over a bank near the Far
mers' elevator flour mill Monday
evening. The car had been left
standing and some way the
brakes gave way.
James W. Huckaby died Sat
urday July 17 at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Walter Kilcup in
Jones' canyon.
Lonnie Copenhaver made ex
cellent time recently when he
drove his Essex from the Dan
Way ranch to Portland in a little
Way left the ranch at 5:30 and
were eating lunch in the city at
over seven hours. He and Mr.
2 o'clock that afternoon.
New officers were installed
Friday night at the regular
meeting of Sans Souci Rebekah
lodge. Mrs. Lilian Turner is the
noble grand; Miss Opal Hall is
vice grand; Pearl Hall, secretary,
Mrs. Pearl Chidsey, treasurer;
Mrs. Sadie Sigsbee, conductor,
and Mrs. Millie Doolittle war
den. Mrs. Olive Fry was install
ing officer and Mrs. Myra Noble
was grand marshal.
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Head Boardman's
School Coming Year
By Mrs. Flossie Coats
The teaching staff for the en
suing year has been completed
with the exception of the band
leader. High school instructors
are. William Meidinger, superin
tendent, coming from Seaside;
coach, Walter Turner of Aloha;
English, Miss Ruth Studer, Port
land; FFA, Ronald Black, who
has been in the school several
years. Grade teachers are Mrs.
LaVern Partlow, Mrs. Roy Part
low, Mrs. Zoe Billings, who were
here last year, and Mrs. Meidin
ger of Seaside. Mr. and Mrs.
Meidinger will reside in one of
the teachers' cottages and Mr.
and Mrs. Turner will live in the
Fred Smith cottage.
Several 4-H members, with the
new home extension agent, Miss
Casswell, left Monday for a three
day tour of Umatilla, Union and
Wallowa counties. Going were
Sharon Fussell, Larry Fussell,
Delosls Carlson, Michael Stalcup,
Leroy Waldron and Marlynn
Barham.
The Tillicum club held a picnic
for members and families at the
Hermiston city park Tuesday
evening. Twenty-nine were pres
ent to enjoy the fun and eats.
Mrs. Kuth Heriem of Fort Col
lins, Colo, was a guest at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Root
Wednesday to Friday of last
week. She was entertained at a
dinner party Wednesday evening
with Mrs. Z. J. Gillespie and son
son Donald, Mrs. Olive Atteberry
and Mr. and Mrs. Claud Coats as
guests.Thursday afternoon all
the ladies who wer eresidents
and knew Mrs. Meriem, gather
ed at the Coats home to greet
the guest. The Heriems left
Boardman in 1931, this being the
second time back for a visit.
Present were Mesdames I. Skou
bo, Jess Allen, Charles Dillon,
Willard Baker, Arthur Allen, Leo
Root, Nels Kristensen, Seth Rus
sell, Ralph Skoubo, Nate Macom
ber, Nathan Thorpe, May Chaf
fee, Olive Atteberry, Mrs. Heriem
and the hostess.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gorham of
Eugene are guests this week at
the home of Gorham's brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Ackerman. Mr. Ackerman
who has been a patient at St. An.
thony's hospital was able to
come home for the week-end. He
was taken back to Pendleton on
Monday where he will remain
for several weeks. Mr. and Mrs.
Gorham will return home in a
week.
Frank Cole returned Friday
from LaFayette where he attend
ed the funeral of his grandson,
Henry Cole Jr. who was drowned
in the Yamhill river.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Root motored
to Athena Sunday and were din
ner guests at the home of their
son and daughter-i-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Vernon Root.4
Week-end guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Ferguson
were Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Fer
guson and family of Kennewick
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Fisher of
Portland, Mrs. Leonard Bedford
and children of Ranier, and Mr
and Mrs. Earl McBride of Pasco.
Mrs. Bedford and children are re
maining fo ra week with her
parents.
Mrs. Stanley Partlow spent
the week-end in Portland visit
ing friends.
Week-end guests at the Oscar
Veele home were Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Sturgess and family of
Ordnance, also Sunday guests
were Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Califf
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Hawley mo
tored to Mabton Monday for a
couple of days visit with their
son and daughter-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Elbert Hawley.
CHURCHES
METHODIST CHURCH
J. Palmer Sorlien, Minister
Morning worship and sermon
11 a. m.
Sunday church school at 9:45
a. m. Oliver creswicK, superin
tendent. A class for every age.
You are welcome.
Woman's Society of Christian
Service meets the first Wednes
day of each month at 8 p. m.
Suzanna Wesley circle of the
W. S. C. S. meets the third Wed
nesday of each month at 2 p. m.
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ALL SAINTS MEMORIAL
CHURCH (Episcopal)
Holy Communion a. m.
Church school 9:45 a. m.
Morning Prayer and sermon 11.
WEEK DAY SERVICES
Holy Communion Wednesday
at 10 a. m.
Friday at 7:30 a. m.
Choir practice Thursday 8 p. m.
Archery classes on Saturday
9-12 on play field between school
buildings and Willow creek. Boy
scouts 9, girl scouts 10, cub
scouts 11.
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